1974 Tasman Series

1974 Tasman Series

Champion
Peter Gethin

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The 1974 Tasman Series (formally the Tasman Championship for Drivers ^[1] ) was an international motor racing competition which commenced on 5 January and ended on 23 February 1974 after eight races. The championship, which was the eleventh Tasman Championship, ^[2] was open to Racing cars complying with the Tasman Formula. ^[3] The winner was awarded the Tasman Cup. ^[1]

The championship was won by Peter Gethin of the United Kingdom, driving a Chevron B24 Chevrolet. ^[4]

Schedule

The championship was won by Peter Gethin (pictured in 1971)

The championship was contested over eight rounds with each round comprising a single race. ^[5]

Round		Name	Circuit [6]	Date [6]	Winning driver [5]	Winning car [5]	Winning entrant	Report
New Zealand	1	Peter Stuyvesant International Motor Race [7]	Levin	5 January	Johnnie Walker	Lola T330 Repco Holden	Johnnie Walker [7]	Report
	2	Air New Zealand International Race [8]	Pukekohe	12 January	Peter Gethin	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	Chevron Racing Team VDS [8]	Report
	3	Peter Stuyvesant New Zealand Grand Prix for the Lady Wigram Memorial Trophy [9]	Wigram	19 January	John McCormack	Elfin MR5 Repco Holden	Ansett Team Elfin [9]	Report
	4	Teretonga International [5]	Teretonga	26 January	Max Stewart	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Max Stewart Motors	Report
Australia	5	Peter Stuyvesant $100,000 [10]	Oran Park	3 February	Max Stewart	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Max Stewart Motors [10]	Report
	6	Peter Stuyvesant $100,000 [5]	Surfers Paradise	10 February	Teddy Pilette	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	Chevron Racing Team VDS	Report
	7	Peter Stuyvesant $100,000 [11]	Sandown	17 February	Peter Gethin	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	Chevron Racing Team VDS [11]	Report
	8	Peter Stuyvesant $100,000 [3]	Adelaide	23 February	Warwick Brown	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Pat Burke Racing [3]	Report

Points system

Championship points were awarded for race positions at each race on the following basis:

Position [1]	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points [1]	9	6	4	3	2	1

Points from all races were counted ^[1] towards each driver's championship total.

Championship standings

Peter Gethin won the title driving a Chevron B24 similar to the example pictured above.

Pos Driver [12] Car [12] Entrant [3] Lev Puk Wig Ter Ora Sur San Ade Pts [12] 1 Peter Gethin Chevron B24 Chevrolet Chevron Racing Team VDS 4 1 3 5 5 2 1 2 41 2 Max Stewart Lola T330 Chevrolet Max Stewart Motors 3 5 Ret 1 1 Ret 5 Ret 26 3 Teddy Pilette Chevron B24 Chevrolet Chevron Racing Team VDS Ret 4 2 Ret 6 1 4 Ret 22 4 Johnnie Walker Lola T330 Repco Holden J. Walker 1 7 Ret Ret 2 5 3 Ret 21 = John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco Holden Ansett Team Elfin Ret 2 1 Ret 4 4 10 Ret 21 6 Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet Pat Burke Racing 6 6 Ret 4 3 7 6 1 19 7 Graham McRae McRae GM2 Chevrolet Crown Lynn Ret Ret Ret 2 DSQ 6 2 7 13 8 David Oxton Begg FM5 Chevrolet David Oxton Motor Racing [11] 7 3 4 10 Ret 9 8 5 9 = Graeme Lawrence Lola T332 Chevrolet Singapore Airlines – WIX 11 Ret 6 3 7 11 Ret 3 9 10 Allan McCully Begg FM5 Chevrolet A. McCully [11] 2 Ret 7 6 7 = Frank Matich Matich A53 Repco Holden Frank Matich Racing 3 Ret 4 7 12 Ken Smith March 732 Ford Air New Zealand [7] 5 8 10 8 2 = Garry Pedersen McLaren M18 Chevrolet Hi-Fi Radio Racing Team [7] DNS 12 5 7 Ret DSQ Ret Ret 2 14 Garrie Cooper Elfin MR5 Repco Holden Ansett Team Elfin 9 8 7 6 1 Pos Driver Car Entrant Lev Puk Wig Ter Ora Sur San Ade Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

References

1. Tasman Championship for Drivers, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport with National Competition Rules 1974, pages 80 to 83
2. Tony Loxley, Tasman Cup 1964 1975, pages 472 to 475
3. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, February 24th 1974
4. "sergent.com.au – Contains Tasman Series information". Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
5. Tasman Series, Australian Competition Yearbook – 1975 Edition, pages 46 to 67
6. Allen Brown. "Tasman Cup (F5000) races « Formula 5000 « OldRacingCars.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
7. Official Programme, Levin Motor Raceways, 5th-6th Jan. 1974
8. Official Programme, Pukekohe, 11th-12th Jan. 1974
9. Official Programme, Wigram, 20th Jan. 1974
10. Official Programme, Oran Park Raceway, 3rd February 1974
11. Official Programme, Sandown, February 17th 1974
12. 1974 Tasman Championship – Final Points Score, Australian Competition Yearbook – 1975 Edition, page 46